2022 Saudi Arabian GP w/ Shayan Roy

The 2022 Saudi Arabian GP was a bombastic race! 😉 Just the 2nd race in this season and we had another amazing race with some fantastic close wheel to wheel racing. This battle between Charles and Max is going to entertain us through this year!

Today we have a special guest Shayan Roy who is a content creator and a really chill guy to hangout with. He has gained his name while working with Buzzfeed and he is just getting back to following F1. 

In this episode we discuss:

1. Goatifi strikes again! 🐐
2. A Frenchman fights a Spaniard
3. Cars decided to nope out ❌
4. What a Bomb track! (Literally) 💣
5. TV Directors need to get their priorities straight
6. Thankfully Mick is safe 🙏🏽
7. Gunther ready to foksmash the paddock
8. Hamilton charges through the field 🚀

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Intro: Howling (Sting) - Gunnar Olsen

Outro: Your Intro by Audionautix

**Summary of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2022 Podcast Episode:**

* The podcast begins with a discussion about the chaotic and entertaining Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, emphasizing the exciting wheel-to-wheel racing between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen.
* Shayan Roy, a content creator and Formula One enthusiast, joins the podcast as a special guest. He shares his perspective on the sport, having recently returned to following F1 after a brief hiatus.

**Key Topics Discussed:**

1. **Goatifi Strikes Again:** The infamous Nicholas Latifi continues to make his mark on the sport, causing a safety car period with another crash.

2. **A Frenchman Fights a Spaniard:** Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso engage in an intense battle for position, showcasing their competitive spirit.

3. **Cars Decided to Nope Out:** Multiple cars experience mechanical failures and retire from the race, leading to a dramatic turn of events.

4. **What a Bomb Track! (Literally):** The Jeddah Corniche Circuit proves to be a challenging and unpredictable track, living up to its reputation as a "bomb track."

5. **TV Directors Need to Get Their Priorities Straight:** The podcast criticizes the television direction during the race, highlighting missed opportunities to capture crucial moments.

6. **Thankfully Mick is Safe:** Mick Schumacher suffers a frightening crash during qualifying, but thankfully emerges uninjured.

7. **Gunther Ready to Foksmash the Paddock:** Guenther Steiner, the Team Principal of Haas F1, expresses his frustration with the team's recent struggles.

8. **Hamilton Charges Through the Field:** Lewis Hamilton delivers an impressive performance, gaining positions and scoring a point despite starting from 10th place.

**Overall Message:**

The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix provided thrilling racing and unexpected drama, showcasing the unpredictable nature of Formula One. Despite some controversies and technical issues, the race kept fans engaged and excited throughout. # "F1 Fanfiction" Podcast Episode 2 Recap: "Saudi Arabian GP - A Bombastic Race!"

## Guest: Shayan Roy, Content Creator and Social Media Personality

## Episode Overview:

The hosts, Sarang, Akash, and special guest Shayan Roy, discuss the thrilling Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second race of the 2022 Formula One season. They analyze the key moments, controversies, and performances of the drivers and teams.

## Key Points and Discussion:

- **Goatifi Strikes Again**: Nicholas Latifi, known as "Goatifi," had another unfortunate moment during the race, providing some unexpected entertainment for fans.

- **A Frenchman Fights a Spaniard**: Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso engaged in an intense battle for position, showcasing their competitive spirit and driving skills.

- **Cars Decided to Nope Out**: Several cars experienced technical issues and were forced to retire from the race, highlighting the challenges and unpredictability of Formula One racing.

- **What a Bomb Track! (Literally)**: The race took place amidst the backdrop of a bomb blast near the circuit, raising concerns about the safety of the event and the well-being of the drivers and teams.

- **TV Directors Need to Get Their Priorities Straight**: The broadcast faced criticism for its questionable camera work, often missing crucial moments and focusing on irrelevant aspects of the race.

- **Thankfully Mick is Safe**: Mick Schumacher had a frightening crash during qualifying, but fortunately, he escaped without serious injuries.

- **Gunther Ready to Foksmash the Paddock**: Haas team principal Guenther Steiner made headlines with his colorful language, expressing his determination to succeed, even if it meant causing a commotion in the paddock.

- **Hamilton Charges Through the Field**: Lewis Hamilton, despite starting from the back of the grid due to a penalty, displayed his exceptional driving skills by making up positions and finishing in the points.

## Notable Quotes and Statements:

- "This battle between Charles and Max is going to entertain us through this year!" - Sarang

- "I think the first race, I haven't again, seen like the post-race chatter too much this time, but, uh, I think after quali, uh, in the first race, like there was a lot of anti George sentiment because I think, uh, most of these were like just people standing Bottas, but he's, I, I really do expect him to have a good season, you know, like, I feel like he's going to be right up there with Hamilton." - Akash

- "It was literally a missile blast." - Sarang

- "I think Vastapan probably also commented on this, that this track should not exist." - Akash

- "I think they had earlier, I think posted some rules, but then they scrapped those and I think they were not, people weren't allowed to wear shorts and things like that. They had like a dress code and stuff." - Sarang

- "This could have been like an end to end repeat actually." - Akash

- "Cash is King has become pretty much like the motto for F1, I guess, at this point, certainly." - Sarang

- "I would f**k the whole paddock just to get two points last season." - Guenther Steiner

- "Gunter for commentary dude. That would be fun." - Sarang

- "Whoever wins the first race of the season comes in second in WDC." - Akash

- "I think we are here. 2022 has achieved what they were hoping to achieve. We have close racing, we have fierce competition at this, not just at the front, everywhere, very honestly. And I think we are in for an amazing season." - Sarang

## Conclusion:

The episode ends with the hosts and Shayan Roy expressing their excitement for the upcoming races and the potential for more thrilling moments and close battles throughout the 2022 Formula One season. They encourage listeners to follow F1 Fanfiction on social media and anticipate future episodes of the podcast.

[00:00.000 -> 00:04.800] Since we are talking about team orders, I think we really need to address this.
[00:04.800 -> 00:09.000] Pretty much all the drivers were ordered to race, right?
[00:09.000 -> 00:14.000] Ordered to race? I am curious on where this is going.
[00:14.000 -> 00:18.000] Ordered by the Saudi government? No sorry, team principals.
[00:18.000 -> 00:30.720] Wink, wink, wink.
[00:33.680 -> 00:33.880] Hey folks, welcome back to F1 Fan Fiction.
[00:37.360 -> 00:40.720] This season is turning out to be fun for sure. This is Race 2 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
[00:40.920 -> 00:43.080] We are your hosts. I am Akash.
[00:43.560 -> 00:44.360] And I am Sarang.
[00:44.680 -> 00:47.760] And today, we've got a third host for you.
[00:48.160 -> 00:52.880] Someone who's been following F1 for quite some time, but had dropped it because of
[00:53.920 -> 00:56.600] Mercedes dominance, as many people have.
[00:56.880 -> 00:59.000] But he's back. He's back into the sport.
[00:59.880 -> 01:02.240] Handing off to our third host. Take it over, man.
[01:02.400 -> 01:03.560] Hello. Hello, guys.
[01:03.560 -> 01:06.800] My name is Shayan Roy, content creator based out of Mumbai.
[01:06.800 -> 01:11.600] I'm just happy to be here like Nico Hulkenberg the last two weekends.
[01:11.600 -> 01:30.520] So yeah. And yeah, admittedly, I did mention this to you earlier, like, the actual reason I stopped watching F1 is because of board exams. And then I just never caught back on because first it was, you know, Red Bull winning all
[01:30.520 -> 01:34.560] the championships and then you know, Merck came through and I was like, it's getting
[01:34.560 -> 01:35.560] a little boring.
[01:35.560 -> 01:41.080] So, last thanks to the pandemic, I am back.
[01:41.080 -> 01:46.880] I'm gonna spend the rest of my life, metaphorically, in the paddock.
[01:46.880 -> 01:49.160] Glad to be here, guys.
[01:49.160 -> 01:52.960] Awesome, man. Awesome. Happy to have you as well. Thanks for joining us.
[01:52.960 -> 01:59.040] Let's get into it, man. Just Sarang and Chyayan, take us through.
[01:59.040 -> 02:08.480] Thoughts on yesterday. Thoughts on the weekend. How was it? I was, I don't know why, maybe because of the way
[02:08.480 -> 02:10.440] the race went in Jeddah last year,
[02:10.440 -> 02:14.840] but I was expecting some really dirty stuff to go down.
[02:14.840 -> 02:16.760] And I was like, two, three red flags.
[02:16.760 -> 02:19.200] I think I was messaging you before the race was done.
[02:19.200 -> 02:21.920] Like, three red flags is a safe bet.
[02:21.920 -> 02:22.880] And there were none.
[02:22.880 -> 02:25.040] It was a pretty clean race for the most part and
[02:25.040 -> 02:32.080] it was really interesting in the second half. So yeah great race man like so happy I was just
[02:32.080 -> 02:38.960] really happy to watch it. I was like yeah definitely right I mean there were no red flags of course but
[02:39.680 -> 02:49.000] we did have Latifi so you know he compensated for thatated for that. I just want to point out that like, this is two out of three races.
[02:49.000 -> 02:52.600] Now. I know that like the last, like one of them was last season, but I
[02:52.600 -> 02:55.700] don't care. But from stats point of view, that's two out of three
[02:55.700 -> 03:00.100] races that he's completely like wrecked the order and you can't even
[03:00.100 -> 03:01.800] call him a Red Bull agent anymore.
[03:01.800 -> 03:06.400] Now, he's like, I'm going to even out the whole grid.
[03:07.680 -> 03:13.280] I think he's just a FIA plant, you know, some more drama and they have a button.
[03:19.600 -> 03:23.920] I know we've got like a meme section coming later, but like, this is a perfect stage where,
[03:23.920 -> 03:28.100] you know, there's this other meme where, I forget what movie section coming later but like this is a perfect stage where you know there's this other meme where I forget what movie it is but like
[03:28.100 -> 03:32.020] this this actor is gonna get hanged and then it's like oh first time I think
[03:32.020 -> 03:36.940] it's Pirates of the Caribbean. Yeah, so there's this meme where...
[03:36.940 -> 03:46.180] No, there's some other movie. Yeah, but the thing is like Parash says Latifi ruins my race and then the Hamilton's there saying first time
[03:49.760 -> 03:56.380] I just also I just wanna give a like big big shout out to the f1 meme community for keeping me
[03:56.580 -> 04:01.700] Like so invested because I think that has played such a big part in me
[04:01.700 -> 04:09.220] Just you know making f1 a part of my daily life even in the offseason I think is in the offseason is when like it's peak
[04:09.220 -> 04:15.660] meme season for the F1 community. The memes get completely wild. Yeah it's a beautiful
[04:15.660 -> 04:20.540] it's a beautiful experience and yeah I'm glad you guys have a meme section.
[04:20.540 -> 04:26.800] The only reason I was able to watch 2018 and 2019 seasons were because of the beans.
[04:26.800 -> 04:27.800] That's it.
[04:27.800 -> 04:28.800] Oh really?
[04:28.800 -> 04:29.800] Wow.
[04:29.800 -> 04:31.800] So you guys must know like, uh, who's that guy?
[04:31.800 -> 04:33.800] Alpha max Nova one.
[04:33.800 -> 04:34.800] Oh yeah.
[04:34.800 -> 04:35.800] You know what I'm talking about?
[04:35.800 -> 04:38.800] The guy who used to make the Sbinala.
[04:38.800 -> 04:39.800] Sbinala.
[04:39.800 -> 04:49.920] Sbinata. I can actually imagine a Latifi edit coming up from him soon.
[04:49.920 -> 04:50.520] Oh yeah.
[04:50.520 -> 04:53.200] Activate the Latifi beat.
[04:53.200 -> 04:54.880] Latifi is the new Mahsepin.
[04:54.880 -> 04:56.240] Mahse Spin.
[04:56.240 -> 04:58.200] Yeah.
[04:58.200 -> 05:00.200] He seems like a solid guy.
[05:00.200 -> 05:05.600] I feel bad that he's having so many race deciding crashes.
[05:05.600 -> 05:07.320] Exactly.
[05:07.320 -> 05:09.000] I hope he figures it out.
[05:09.000 -> 05:12.280] What if that's actually the job of a paid driver?
[05:12.280 -> 05:13.760] That's what he's paying for.
[05:13.760 -> 05:14.880] Man.
[05:14.880 -> 05:17.040] I love that.
[05:17.040 -> 05:19.840] I know we were talking about this right before we started recording, right?
[05:19.840 -> 05:25.120] But we'd love to see a race where there is Mazepin, there is Latifi, there is Grosjean.
[05:25.920 -> 05:29.840] You said let's get Pastor into it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All the legacy acts.
[05:30.400 -> 05:31.840] Let's bring them and see what happens.
[05:34.000 -> 05:39.680] And let them race in Saudi, right? Oh, that, even better. Like, take it up a notch. Why not?
[05:42.800 -> 05:50.200] I, for one thought, like Red Bull had a killer restart Perez and Max taking right off you know bringing it on with
[05:50.200 -> 05:55.000] with Ferraris up there but like restart thoughts on restart there
[05:55.000 -> 06:08.120] I actually kind of forgot the restart man I'm just I was taking notes let me see what the notes said. You must have seen a very slow alpha there.
[06:08.120 -> 06:12.480] Sorry? You must have seen a really slow alpha. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.
[06:12.480 -> 06:17.080] I remember thinking for some reason it was Valtteri Bottas.
[06:17.080 -> 06:22.720] But it wasn't. It was the other one. I think somebody else, the commentator also thought so.
[06:22.720 -> 06:25.720] Yeah, yeah. I think so. Mr. Joe.
[06:25.720 -> 06:29.120] Joe Yang Yu or whatever he pronounced it yesterday.
[06:29.120 -> 06:36.520] I think like all 23 races were going to get different pronunciations of Mr. Joe from that day.
[06:36.520 -> 06:45.000] Yesterday, they called him Go Juan Yu and then they were like, sorry, the other one or something like that.
[06:45.400 -> 06:46.600] Yeah.
[06:52.300 -> 06:52.500] I remember like seeing like the first couple of laps, just in the first two,
[06:58.300 -> 07:01.900] two to four laps, I felt like from like, whatever my layman F1 perspective is that they seem to be following like crazy a lot more, you know, it was
[07:01.900 -> 07:03.800] really intense in the first few laps.
[07:04.100 -> 07:08.360] And then again, like we saw how the race ended, not just like the first,
[07:08.560 -> 07:10.960] like the people battling for first and second place.
[07:11.160 -> 07:16.040] But like, you know, I think Norris and Ocon also had like a drag race.
[07:16.240 -> 07:18.440] So it's happened, man.
[07:18.640 -> 07:19.720] Like it's happening.
[07:19.920 -> 07:20.680] It happens. Yeah.
[07:20.880 -> 07:26.000] I was I was cautiously optimistic about the season, but I think they figured it out.
[07:27.520 -> 07:32.560] Especially at the start, the battle that we saw between Ocon and Alonso, that was something else,
[07:32.560 -> 07:38.720] man. First of all, what is wrong with Ocon? He was battling his teammate, almost running him
[07:38.720 -> 07:48.840] into the ball. Yeah, he, I don't know, man. It's, I couldn't even like tell who was like a faster, the faster of the two.
[07:48.840 -> 07:50.760] Like it just seemed like they were pretty much equal.
[07:51.520 -> 07:52.360] So what happens?
[07:52.360 -> 07:58.240] Like I've had, okay, listen, um, I have like these wild theoretical opinions on
[07:58.240 -> 08:03.600] F1, so I'm like, when that happens, why don't they just keep like, what's the
[08:03.600 -> 08:05.680] thing like, uh like giving each other
[08:05.680 -> 08:12.840] slipstream and DRS and yes do like the guys I gotcha and I'm sure a very simple
[08:12.840 -> 08:18.380] explanation for why they weren't doing that but yeah go concert he was fighting
[08:18.380 -> 08:22.940] for his own position only realize who was battling because the funnier part
[08:22.940 -> 08:29.760] for me was they went on to do that for like five laps or something. Yeah. And then, and then, yeah. Right. And then
[08:29.760 -> 08:35.960] Otmar finally comes or someone comes in and tells Ocon, hold position. And then 10 seconds
[08:35.960 -> 08:42.040] after that, Botas comes behind him and Ocon's like, yeah, you can go. He got ready canned.
[08:42.040 -> 08:47.340] What? Yeah. I actually didn't hear the? I didn't hear the radio message.
[08:47.340 -> 08:52.480] I think I had gone to take a leak and then I came back and Botas was in the middle of it.
[08:52.480 -> 08:54.480] That did not work out.
[08:54.480 -> 08:56.480] It was really awesome.
[08:56.480 -> 09:01.740] I think Botas even said on the radio that while these two guys were battling it out,
[09:01.740 -> 09:03.740] he was like I am just going to hold back and let them do their shit.
[09:03.740 -> 09:05.580] I am not getting involved.
[09:06.120 -> 09:09.700] And then once that settled down, he just went for it and, you know,
[09:09.700 -> 09:11.020] to be positioned for himself.
[09:11.300 -> 09:15.980] I love that he's had, like, he obviously didn't finish the race, but like, he's
[09:15.980 -> 09:19.380] looking so strong, you know, like the first race also, he had a great result.
[09:20.060 -> 09:24.940] And I just feel good for Bottas in a post DTS era, like he's just been
[09:27.160 -> 09:33.120] shit on every season. And now this is kind of like a comeuppance for him where he's like, he's still there, you know, he's still in the conversation.
[09:33.320 -> 09:35.080] It's good traditions.
[09:35.440 -> 09:46.000] That, that, but that section also involved like KMAG and yeah, KMAG, I just, 11 days prior to the whole season start, he was probably chilling somewhere.
[09:46.000 -> 09:49.800] And he's like, yeah, this season is going to be fun. Only to receive a call.
[09:49.800 -> 09:51.400] And yeah, what else?
[09:51.400 -> 09:52.600] From Gupta.
[09:52.600 -> 09:54.400] From Gupta.
[09:54.400 -> 10:00.640] You know, before the last race started, he was like, it's been a very dreadful two seasons.
[10:00.640 -> 10:05.280] And then I went off to do something where I have won trophies and
[10:05.280 -> 10:09.080] have been on podiums and like the previous two years were the worst years
[10:09.080 -> 10:14.120] of my life and then Dhruv called me to join us again.
[10:14.120 -> 10:30.160] Man straight up shitting on his IndyCar team. Worst two years of my life oh dude they're gonna have a great uh DTS season five
[10:30.160 -> 10:36.400] for sure though finally finally because they've been getting canceled in season one like yeah i
[10:36.400 -> 10:46.960] think the glorios who were before dry to survive started shooting and then they've just been memes memes memes yes good to see them finally yeah
[10:47.920 -> 10:53.040] just having a bit of luck but also like i just want to mention i'm just really glad that
[10:53.600 -> 10:59.680] mick is okay after you know like whatever happened on saturday man that crash was terrible
[10:59.680 -> 11:09.040] yeah dude 33 g's i think i mean yeah too bad too bad. And like, uh, they didn't, but like, they didn't show mix, uh, like him moving
[11:09.040 -> 11:11.680] or any radio communication for the longest time.
[11:11.880 -> 11:12.240] Yeah.
[11:12.280 -> 11:12.680] Yeah.
[11:12.960 -> 11:15.200] I think it's standard procedure these days.
[11:15.200 -> 11:19.520] I think ever since Anteon's crash, uh, or actually Senna's crash, ever since
[11:19.520 -> 11:24.000] then, they have kind of, uh, taken up this format that whenever they're not
[11:24.000 -> 11:28.160] sure if the driver is okay, they don't show unless they have a confirmation on that.
[11:28.160 -> 11:30.520] Yeah. I think that's...
[11:30.520 -> 11:36.400] An interesting one was like, as soon as he crashed, like he took his hands off the steering and he was like this.
[11:36.400 -> 11:38.240] Yeah. I saw that last flight.
[11:38.240 -> 11:48.560] And I don't like if that's training or that was his reflex or that was actually not a good move like I have no clue on why and what that means but I'm just guessing
[11:48.560 -> 11:52.720] it's it's self-defense against like just you know yeah I think it is training
[11:52.720 -> 11:57.880] because when the car is not in your control the steering wheel is exerting a
[11:57.880 -> 12:02.360] lot of torque and like your hands can literally break if you hold on to it so
[12:02.360 -> 12:06.600] it's kind of training to just you you know, uh, yeah, that's
[12:06.600 -> 12:07.040] scary to say.
[12:08.360 -> 12:09.680] Hands getting ripped off.
[12:09.760 -> 12:10.120] Yep.
[12:10.120 -> 12:10.400] Right.
[12:10.400 -> 12:11.360] Not an injury.
[12:11.360 -> 12:15.280] I thought it would be within the realm of possibility.
[12:15.280 -> 12:16.360] It's very specific.
[12:17.240 -> 12:19.080] Just ripped off from the wrist down.
[12:22.880 -> 12:23.080] Good.
[12:23.080 -> 12:23.280] Yeah.
[12:23.280 -> 12:23.720] Good on me.
[12:23.720 -> 12:27.240] Can like, he's moving and like he was, uh, he was up and running. Uh, he was doing good. Yeah. Good. Yeah. Good on me. And like, he's moving and like, he was, he was up and running.
[12:27.240 -> 12:29.480] He was doing good.
[12:29.480 -> 12:30.300] Exactly.
[12:30.300 -> 12:31.140] Yep.
[12:31.140 -> 12:32.540] And it's good to take a break also, man.
[12:32.540 -> 12:34.840] Like sometimes if you've had a stomach ache,
[12:34.840 -> 12:36.200] just don't go to school.
[12:36.200 -> 12:38.080] That's why I used to tell my mom always, I'm like,
[12:38.080 -> 12:39.940] I just recovered, bro.
[12:39.940 -> 12:43.100] I'm still also recovering psychologically.
[12:43.100 -> 12:45.440] Man, but that car was like,
[12:49.600 -> 12:50.900] into pieces, like, man,
[12:54.300 -> 12:58.500] it left a mark as well. I have a question for you guys. I've been wanting, this is one of the things I want to ask you is does the house look to you like
[12:58.860 -> 13:03.900] really brittle for like the business that it's in? Cause I think,
[13:03.900 -> 13:06.680] um, I don't know if it's in a, in a practice session or anything,
[13:06.680 -> 13:11.340] but like there was, there was like curb damage to our, I think mix house also.
[13:11.340 -> 13:15.340] And then like this, like we saw what happened.
[13:15.340 -> 13:19.780] So is it like, does it look scarily like
[13:22.580 -> 13:25.600] I think, I think they just don't have enough money.
[13:27.240 -> 13:29.480] See, they've already lost their title sponsor, man.
[13:29.480 -> 13:30.200] Give them a break.
[13:32.440 -> 13:33.960] But that's the best deal to have, right?
[13:33.960 -> 13:39.200] Like you take all the money last season, make a winning car and then be like, you are out.
[13:41.720 -> 13:45.400] Things couldn't get, I mean, yeah, that worked out for them, I guess.
[13:45.400 -> 13:47.080] Cause like now everybody loves Haas.
[13:47.440 -> 13:50.040] No buddy online is shitting on them anymore.
[13:50.520 -> 13:56.560] Including, I think Mazapan leaving F1 was like career ending for Latifi, I think,
[13:56.680 -> 13:58.920] because now he's the new Mazapan all of a sudden.
[13:59.360 -> 13:59.860] Yeah.
[14:00.760 -> 14:01.600] We need someone.
[14:03.000 -> 14:03.800] We need someone.
[14:05.600 -> 14:08.700] Yeah, man, though, man, since we're talking about good overtaking, we
[14:08.700 -> 14:10.700] have to address Charles versus Max.
[14:10.700 -> 14:17.500] I think that was like the meat of the show and a while, what 10 laps
[14:17.500 -> 14:19.600] we had at the end, it was just something else.
[14:19.800 -> 14:23.000] Yeah, they did that the first race also.
[14:23.000 -> 14:24.900] And like it's happened again.
[14:23.040 -> 14:24.920] Yeah, they did that the first race also. And like, it's happened again.
[14:25.120 -> 14:30.680] Uh, and also like, this is dude, like the strategy, the new strategy
[14:30.680 -> 14:35.320] G that's coming into the races now, like when, um, Charles, uh, kind
[14:35.320 -> 14:38.600] of just let max take the lead and then kind of going back with
[14:38.600 -> 14:40.680] the IRS in the next, uh, corner.
[14:41.080 -> 14:47.840] He did it again, but like props props to Max because literally like you could see him evolving
[14:47.840 -> 14:52.160] his driving style in the middle of the race. You know he didn't chase him down, just didn't just
[14:52.160 -> 14:57.680] go for the gap and that's that is exactly when I was taking notes and that's when I wrote worst
[14:57.680 -> 15:07.080] tap in god on my notepad. I just stopped. I was like I'm'm just going to watch the race now. Yeah, that was beautiful. It was cool to watch, man.
[15:07.640 -> 15:09.680] Yeah. They both locked up, right?
[15:10.320 -> 15:12.720] Yeah. That was awesome, right? Yeah. Both locked up.
[15:14.320 -> 15:16.800] And I think you were mentioning this Akash earlier.
[15:17.440 -> 15:19.280] I think KMAG was doing that trick all.
[15:19.280 -> 15:24.840] Yes. So yeah. In the first half of the race, like KMAG did this with multiple folks.
[15:29.240 -> 15:35.800] And I was like, maybe, maybe other teams know this because K-Mag is doing this. And K-Mag used it. I think he overtook like 3 or 4 people with that strategy.
[15:35.800 -> 15:37.880] And I am like, this is so cool. This is so cool.
[15:37.880 -> 15:43.320] People are understanding what this track is and figuring out how to actually do overtakes.
[15:43.320 -> 15:45.280] And K-Mag for all people, right? Yeah. Good for him actually do overtakes and K-Mag for all people right.
[15:45.280 -> 15:52.880] So yeah, good for him man, good for K-Mag. Is this something that he did in the first race also
[15:52.880 -> 16:00.640] or is that like this like who do I give credit for this track? Who knows. I give it to K-Mag
[16:00.640 -> 16:05.440] because he's the first one I saw doing it. At least on this track. So yeah. Okay. Fair enough.
[16:06.080 -> 16:07.200] That's the K-Mac move then.
[16:07.520 -> 16:10.640] Have to give credit to Ferrari for the strategy.
[16:10.640 -> 16:10.960] I don't know.
[16:10.960 -> 16:14.840] All of a sudden it seems like Ferrari realized that they have hired strategists
[16:15.200 -> 16:21.080] and they need to listen to that because that fake call for that pit was awesome.
[16:21.160 -> 16:23.040] So that was, was that intentional then?
[16:23.040 -> 16:29.180] Like I couldn't, I wasn't sure. It seemed that way and Shal said so as well during one of the interviews later on.
[16:29.180 -> 16:33.000] Because there were two clues which I also thought it was a little fishy
[16:33.000 -> 16:36.040] because they said that at the start of his lap which is very weird why would
[16:36.040 -> 16:38.800] you give it up so early in the lap that you're gonna pit.
[16:38.800 -> 16:50.400] Oh yeah. So yeah. Here's my. And here's the theory, which is, both of them were so close to each other that it had to
[16:50.400 -> 16:51.400] be opposite strategies.
[16:51.400 -> 16:54.520] Like, if Charles would have come in, Perez would have stayed out.
[16:54.520 -> 16:56.920] And if Perez would have come in, Charles would have stayed out.
[16:56.920 -> 17:02.640] Now, historically, Red Bull have fallen for, you know, Mercedes trying to play, let's do
[17:02.640 -> 17:07.000] a pit and then Red Bull comes in and you know, like, have it gotcha.
[17:07.000 -> 17:15.000] So maybe Ferrari sort of like understood that Red Bull falls for this and they're like, let's get the tires out and they did fall for it.
[17:15.000 -> 17:30.160] But on the other side, it's probably like Perez, yeah, he came in and Charles went out. So yeah man. Wow. They're just baiting Red Bull like both the races. This is like we're just gonna tease you guys. We're gonna make you make the
[17:30.160 -> 17:36.000] mistakes. But also like it was really unlucky of Fawp. I know we've trashed Latifi for
[17:36.000 -> 17:41.600] long like about 15 minutes now but we haven't spoken about the reason why.
[17:47.000 -> 17:51.600] Yeah. So like, again, for the second time in three races, he has changed the equation completely.
[17:51.600 -> 17:56.920] But also, yeah, like now nobody can call him a secret Red Bull agent anymore.
[17:56.920 -> 17:58.600] Yeah, that's true. Exactly. Yeah.
[17:58.600 -> 18:03.880] But on that, right, so while we are on that, let's unravel that section.
[18:03.880 -> 18:08.560] So, Parents just super bad luck with that pit stop, super bad luck.
[18:09.000 -> 18:13.320] But then just right with the virtual safety car and then the actual safety car,
[18:13.760 -> 18:18.720] science pits and he comes out and then you have that close out of the
[18:18.720 -> 18:21.720] pit, Perez literally sort of overtaking.
[18:22.160 -> 18:26.560] And my opinion there is that Perez had the... I mean, it's very close.
[18:26.560 -> 18:32.000] It's a grey line. But my opinion is that he should have kept the position because this guy is coming out of the pits.
[18:32.000 -> 18:37.440] This guy is on the track. And there was no need to swap around. And then, Sainz is complaining.
[18:37.440 -> 18:38.800] And then, whatever happened, happened. Right?
[18:38.800 -> 18:42.320] But like, what do you think? Should Perez have kept that position?
[18:42.320 -> 18:48.640] I don't know. I didn't even know like about the rule till Carlos started complaining about it.
[18:48.640 -> 18:53.480] So I'm learning something new today as well, which is my experience in like most races.
[18:54.120 -> 18:57.160] Um, but, uh, I, okay.
[18:57.160 -> 19:03.280] So like, for me, that was a cool moment because I rate Carlos really highly, um,
[19:03.320 -> 19:05.880] in terms of, um, you know, like the progress he's
[19:05.880 -> 19:10.120] made over the last few years, you know, from like, to McLaren to now Ferrari.
[19:10.480 -> 19:15.760] And now like, this is something I, I think I started seeing like a little bit more
[19:15.760 -> 19:19.980] last year when he joined Ferrari is like, he's got like a little more of a, you
[19:19.980 -> 19:24.520] know, like a dog coming out of him where like, he will do whatever it takes to,
[19:24.520 -> 19:25.600] you know, get his points
[19:25.600 -> 19:31.600] and his position you know fight with his teammates if he has to and that's what he did there also
[19:31.600 -> 19:36.720] because yesterday also because initially they were like we're gonna look at it after the restart and
[19:36.720 -> 19:48.480] stuff and Carlos was like no I need it right now and that's cool to see as a Carlos fan, because I think that's what I've read a lot that like
[19:48.480 -> 19:54.560] a lot of people think what sets you apart, like what makes you a champion is to like,
[19:54.560 -> 19:58.760] apart from the skills that you have is just, you are ready to get your hands dirty, fight
[19:58.760 -> 19:59.760] for every single point.
[19:59.760 -> 20:00.760] And all.
[20:00.760 -> 20:03.760] So yeah, good on Carlos.
[20:03.760 -> 20:04.760] That's my opinion on that.
[20:04.760 -> 20:10.560] You know, like, no, I do agree kind kind of because you know, like it was very close and you know,
[20:10.560 -> 20:15.960] at the end of the day, you need some tiebreaker and the rule is that whoever reaches the line
[20:15.960 -> 20:20.880] first gets the position. So I think it's fair. I mean, it's racing. Sometimes you win, sometimes
[20:20.880 -> 20:25.400] you lose. This time it wasn't Perez's day. I am sure he is going to do better.
[20:25.400 -> 20:28.520] Because very honestly, he is performing pretty well this season.
[20:28.520 -> 20:29.220] He is killing him.
[20:29.220 -> 20:29.720] Yeah.
[20:29.720 -> 20:36.120] Yeah. Like, what happened in Koli? I think, like, Max was down in P8.
[20:36.120 -> 20:40.600] Like, I think, right start of Q3, he was down at P8. And I am looking at the chart.
[20:40.600 -> 20:43.600] And I see, the way I saw it was just two Red Bulls, okay.
[20:43.600 -> 20:49.920] And I saw one Red Bull up in P3. because the Ferraris were leading at that point. And I saw one red bull at P8 or P9.
[20:50.480 -> 20:56.880] And I'm like, okay, Perez, a similar season start. And then they put the names up and I'm like,
[20:56.880 -> 21:02.800] wait, what's happening here? And then he goes P1. And I'm like, what is happening here?
[21:04.560 -> 21:09.600] They were like, they were showing only the Luk-Luk lap, like, which was also a crazy lap.
[21:09.600 -> 21:11.520] It was like, it was picture perfect to me.
[21:12.200 -> 21:14.440] And I remember like watching the quali in my head.
[21:14.440 -> 21:17.880] I was like, damn, that's what Max is trying to do last year.
[21:17.880 -> 21:19.520] I'm going to do it Red Bull.
[21:19.520 -> 21:25.000] And then like, Peres just, he was like, allow me to interrupt.
[21:25.000 -> 21:28.000] Yeah, man.
[21:28.000 -> 21:29.000] Yeah.
[21:29.000 -> 21:33.600] I think he, he, he became the first Mexican driver to get a pole position.
[21:33.600 -> 21:35.100] So that's, that's something for him.
[21:35.100 -> 21:35.500] Yeah.
[21:35.500 -> 21:36.000] That's right.
[21:36.000 -> 21:41.900] Also, I, I, it was almost 11 years to the day of his F1 debut.
[21:41.900 -> 21:46.640] I saw that on Reddit the next day and his number 11 also. So that was like...
[21:46.640 -> 21:48.800] Wow! Sweet!
[21:48.800 -> 21:52.800] Yeah. So that was dope. Shout out Reddit always.
[21:53.680 -> 21:54.640] Coming through with...
[21:54.640 -> 22:00.000] On that note, do you want to get into like some stats and memes at this point?
[22:00.000 -> 22:02.480] Sure. Let's do that. Nothing would make me happier.
[22:02.560 -> 22:04.240] Sure. Let's do that. Nothing would make me happier.
[22:08.000 -> 22:12.200] I've got two not so fun stats, but stats, which is I think like the most positions gained yesterday was Hamilton.
[22:12.520 -> 22:15.960] And I think like this can become a good segue after this section.
[22:15.960 -> 22:17.640] So let's talk about Hamilton after this,
[22:17.640 -> 22:21.160] but maximum positions gained yesterday was Hamilton.
[22:21.160 -> 22:23.960] Maximum positions lost yesterday was Perez.
[22:24.360 -> 22:28.640] Obviously this doesn't count the cars that knocked out, which I'll talk about.
[22:28.640 -> 22:33.760] But yeah, these two were the leader gainers and losers.
[22:33.760 -> 22:38.000] I think there was one more really interesting stat yesterday for Hamilton itself,
[22:38.000 -> 22:42.720] which was completing 180 Grand Prixs with a single team.
[22:42.720 -> 22:46.480] And that's, yeah, he basically just beat Michael Schumacher's record with that,
[22:46.760 -> 22:47.680] which is pretty awesome.
[22:49.320 -> 22:51.280] That's Sachin Tendulkar numbers right there.
[22:55.960 -> 23:00.480] Off to memes. I'm going to start off with like a Simpson meme.
[23:00.520 -> 23:04.360] I don't know if you've seen this where Homer's standing with like all wrinkled
[23:04.360 -> 23:06.200] skin and he's got like a very good
[23:07.200 -> 23:12.000] stat or something good on the front, but it's all wrinkled skin crumpled together on the back.
[23:12.000 -> 23:13.800] Yeah. And that meme goes like,
[23:14.400 -> 23:20.600] Hamilton standing like Homer, P10. And then the back crumple says only 13 cars finished the race.
[23:22.600 -> 23:24.000] Oh yes, I just saw that meme.
[23:27.840 -> 23:37.400] Oh yes, man. I didn't realize that. That's true. That's beautiful. Only 13 times did finish the race. Damn man. What have you got?
[23:37.400 -> 23:50.800] What's happening in your meme world? I didn't, I'm here for the memes. I'm just gonna, yeah, I think the best one, one of the best ones I saw was, there's this
[23:50.800 -> 23:57.720] meme of Andre, you know, he used to have that show where like he's trying to, you know,
[23:57.720 -> 24:05.360] push on the gates and it's basically Hamilton and the pit lane going like, let me in, let me in. And that frustrating...
[24:05.360 -> 24:13.260] Just as he passed the pet lane, it closed and of course, he missed his opportunity.
[24:13.260 -> 24:18.360] The other good one was how this Pablo Escobar one's gotten famous.
[24:18.360 -> 24:19.360] Oh yes.
[24:19.360 -> 24:22.600] He's just loitering around with his tummy out and just waiting.
[24:22.600 -> 24:26.620] And that essentially was, I I think like Russell yesterday right?
[24:26.620 -> 24:32.800] Like he was plus 20 to 1 Perez and then minus 24 on whoever was I think Ocon I think.
[24:32.800 -> 24:33.800] Yeah Ocon yeah.
[24:33.800 -> 24:34.800] And he's just like on there.
[24:34.800 -> 24:37.500] He was in an absolute deserted island I don't know what he was doing.
[24:37.500 -> 24:39.800] They didn't even show him even once I think during the race.
[24:39.800 -> 24:40.300] Yup.
[24:40.300 -> 24:43.600] Because I think there was absolutely no action going around with them at all.
[24:44.600 -> 24:45.200] Yeah.
[24:46.900 -> 24:50.700] Oh, there's a there's this one that you guys showed me before the
[24:51.700 -> 24:56.600] before we started with with wide verstappen being the backdrop.
[24:58.900 -> 25:01.100] That is that is wallpaper worthy.
[25:01.700 -> 25:02.800] Yeah, that's pretty good.
[25:02.800 -> 25:05.200] I just love that wide verstappen. Yeah, every time I see it. I just love that white was tapping.
[25:05.200 -> 25:07.300] Yeah, every time I see it.
[25:07.300 -> 25:09.000] I'm I love just as much.
[25:09.000 -> 25:12.000] I don't know why I need that on a cup.
[25:12.000 -> 25:15.300] I think I saw I saw someone with a white was tapping cup last
[25:15.300 -> 25:15.700] season.
[25:15.700 -> 25:20.300] I was like I need that really bad dude probably going to print
[25:20.300 -> 25:20.600] it out.
[25:20.600 -> 25:29.240] What is like what's just just curious. What's your like number one F1 meme
[25:29.240 -> 25:39.040] from any season? What's just sticks out? Because like I think Spinola is like, it's so so do
[25:39.040 -> 25:48.000] you guys have any personal favorites? I think mine has to be Bono my tires. That's a good one.
[25:48.000 -> 25:56.000] Something that's gotten interesting for me recently is, you know how this car is trying to cross a track and then the train rams the whole car away.
[25:56.000 -> 26:00.000] It's like something's happening and then the train rams.
[26:00.000 -> 26:05.000] Like yesterday was maybe Hamilton trying to enter the pit lane and then the pit lane closed.
[26:08.000 -> 26:12.000] Or it's Hamilton on the way for the world championship and then Latifi goes.
[26:12.000 -> 26:15.000] Oh man. Still too soon somehow.
[26:17.000 -> 26:22.000] PTSD. Sarang was mentioning this last recording. He still gets PTSD from...
[26:24.000 -> 26:26.000] I wake up shouting, No Michael, No.
[26:26.000 -> 26:30.000] That's my favorite by just by the way.
[26:30.000 -> 26:32.000] Just all the iterations of, No Michael, No.
[26:32.000 -> 26:34.000] That was so not right.
[26:34.000 -> 26:36.000] It's timeless, you know.
[26:36.000 -> 26:38.000] Yeah, it is.
[26:38.000 -> 26:40.000] Beautiful.
[26:40.000 -> 26:42.000] So, where were we?
[26:42.000 -> 26:44.000] Oh yeah, I was talking about Hamilton, right?
[26:44.000 -> 26:49.440] Hamilton, man. Props to him. Like, forget P10, bad race, whatever, whatever.
[26:49.440 -> 26:54.360] I mean, props to him. For me, what stood out was 41 laps on the same tyre.
[26:54.360 -> 26:59.880] I mean, I for one felt like he just finished the remaining 9 in the same without any pit stops too.
[26:59.880 -> 27:06.000] If only the rule didn't exist that they have to use two compounds, he probably might had as well.
[27:06.000 -> 27:07.000] Probably.
[27:07.000 -> 27:15.000] I saw him in like 6th at some point and I didn't realize that he hadn't pitted.
[27:15.000 -> 27:27.400] So when he did pit at lap 40, 41 or something, I was like, Oh no, because now I have this feeling like, of course, like, you know, anybody
[27:27.400 -> 27:31.760] who's not a Merck or Hamilton fan for the last few seasons, it has been like, we want
[27:31.760 -> 27:34.720] to see someone else at least challenging.
[27:34.720 -> 27:38.760] But this season, I've already found myself like rooting for Hamilton.
[27:38.760 -> 27:44.160] Like I at least want him back on the top and like, I have no shame in admitting that, like,
[27:44.160 -> 27:48.200] you know, good for him, you know, to, I want to see him do well now.
[27:49.760 -> 27:53.640] It would have been a good weekend for him if, if he, if the team
[27:53.640 -> 27:55.360] wouldn't have done him over actually.
[27:56.400 -> 27:56.760] Oh yeah.
[27:56.760 -> 28:00.320] I mean, uh, he just crossed the line by the time they told him.
[28:00.320 -> 28:07.920] And I think, uh, it, it reminded me, it reminded me of that, um, in, in, in, in, in, uh, thing, do you remember? I think it reminded me of that in in in in in thing do you remember I think it was
[28:07.920 -> 28:09.680] stay out stay out stay out stay out stay out
[28:12.720 -> 28:17.600] was that was that yeah who was that no no it was it was Hamilton it was Hamilton oh
[28:17.600 -> 28:21.920] I think it was Germany I think so Germany I don't recall so well though oh
[28:24.400 -> 28:27.520] but but regardless Hamilton I mean he drove brilliantly man.
[28:28.960 -> 28:32.960] Yeah, he had a terrible quali of course out in Q3. I think this was,
[28:34.400 -> 28:38.960] oof, I don't even remember when was he out in Q3 the last time, like without any mechanical
[28:38.960 -> 28:46.640] failure or something like that. I think I read something like one was Brazil, 2012 or something. I might be wrong,
[28:47.360 -> 28:52.680] something without like a, like a weather interruption or like a long
[28:52.680 -> 28:56.000] time, a long time. I might be getting that fully wrong though.
[28:56.560 -> 29:00.520] I read at least half a decade to a decade away is what it's been. Yeah.
[29:00.680 -> 29:01.600] Many years.
[29:03.640 -> 29:04.960] I think he has,
[29:07.840 -> 29:10.400] did you notice that he has adopted his helmet from his early time? So he's probably like, he wants to go through his career again.
[29:13.200 -> 29:18.800] He's definitely had some, I think he was actually even pissed when they told him come into the
[29:18.800 -> 29:22.880] pits and he was right midway through like the exit and the entry of the pitch.
[29:24.880 -> 29:25.680] The actual part,
[29:25.680 -> 29:29.920] I thought he would have taken the call at that point because he was on that track
[29:29.920 -> 29:32.120] and he saw that there is a pit entry open.
[29:32.480 -> 29:35.480] He could have from his experience gauged that, you know, Hey,
[29:35.480 -> 29:38.600] this is going to create a chaos because there are two cars stopped there.
[29:38.920 -> 29:42.640] So might as well just go in. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[29:43.000 -> 29:48.160] I do. I thought that he would do that. And in fact, I thought earlier that it was his call to not go in,
[29:48.840 -> 29:51.360] like, because he often does override his team.
[29:52.360 -> 29:56.000] But yeah, turns out his team fucked him over. But yeah.
[29:57.360 -> 29:59.680] Sad for him, but he still drove brilliantly.
[30:00.760 -> 30:03.080] Of course, only 13 cars finished.
[30:03.080 -> 30:05.160] And that's why he got a P10, but
[30:05.480 -> 30:07.320] regardless he did gain that one point.
[30:08.000 -> 30:09.320] So yeah, not too bad.
[30:09.320 -> 30:14.200] I just want to like, uh, take a moment to, uh, talk about like cars crashing out,
[30:14.200 -> 30:18.160] which I know we'll get to, but, uh, I remember there was one moment.
[30:18.240 -> 30:20.420] Um, when was it?
[30:20.420 -> 30:26.480] I think lap 36, I think when it, the real like shit show started, like cars just started
[30:26.480 -> 30:31.280] just conking off, you know, like a cell phone.
[30:31.280 -> 30:33.440] Yeah. Alonzo went out.
[30:33.440 -> 30:38.040] And then I remember for the first time, I think Norris and Ricardo were in ninth and tenth.
[30:38.680 -> 30:42.840] And as a McLaren fan, I was like, finally, cool.
[30:42.840 -> 30:44.680] I don't care how it's happened.
[30:44.680 -> 30:46.160] And then five seconds
[30:46.160 -> 30:52.800] later like Ricardo's car died I was like great cool man and then Bota just started
[30:52.800 -> 31:00.320] to jump out of it. I'm missing this now. I wonder what went through his mind I mean sure the car
[31:00.320 -> 31:08.400] noped out but I'm like it's like cars going out. And maybe this is an option that you can actually sit one out even midway through
[31:08.400 -> 31:09.680] the race. And I'm like, I'm out.
[31:11.520 -> 31:16.240] This wasn't an option at Merck, but maybe they do things different.
[31:17.840 -> 31:21.400] Exactly. Must be nice to not be a Merck second driver.
[31:22.320 -> 31:26.720] Yeah. Talking about the second driver, Merck Mark George, man, he's doing good.
[31:27.960 -> 31:28.960] He's doing so good.
[31:29.360 -> 31:33.320] Um, and like, uh, I think the first race, I haven't again, seen like the
[31:33.320 -> 31:38.600] post-race chatter too much this time, but, uh, I think after quali, uh, in
[31:38.600 -> 31:43.680] the first race, like there was a lot of anti George sentiment because I think,
[31:43.680 -> 31:46.560] uh, most of these were like just people standing
[31:46.560 -> 31:54.880] Bottas, but he's, I, I really do expect him to have a good season, you know, like, I feel like he's
[31:54.880 -> 32:01.040] going to be right up there with Hamilton. I mean, I didn't expect Hamilton to have such a bad race
[32:01.040 -> 32:06.840] yesterday. So yeah, but he's, he's gonna probably going to be consistently there at least
[32:06.840 -> 32:11.500] in the fifth to sixth position, unless and until like figure out, you know,
[32:11.500 -> 32:12.960] like their car was and stuff.
[32:13.640 -> 32:15.560] So, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[32:16.420 -> 32:16.920] Yep.
[32:17.640 -> 32:19.640] I guess, I guess he'll, he'll do just fine.
[32:19.700 -> 32:25.600] Uh, he's shown he's good at Williams, uh, even in that dog shit of a car, he, you know,
[32:26.640 -> 32:29.040] he had to go through the fire, man.
[32:29.040 -> 32:30.960] He was literally like, he was in tears.
[32:31.760 -> 32:32.260] While...
[32:32.640 -> 32:34.960] That is also becoming a new meme, by the way.
[32:35.280 -> 32:35.840] Like, yeah.
[32:37.280 -> 32:38.880] You're talking about the one where worst happenings
[32:38.880 -> 32:40.640] signs when the pack laughing, right?
[32:40.640 -> 32:41.140] Like, yes.
[32:42.080 -> 32:43.360] How did I never notice that?
[32:43.360 -> 32:45.760] How did none of us ever see them like, yes.
[32:48.760 -> 32:51.960] I don't even know if they were laughing at George, but just, yeah,
[32:51.960 -> 32:53.560] like the camera angle is just perfect.
[32:55.040 -> 32:59.440] Yeah. Beautiful. But yeah, like really, really, he had to see some shit, right.
[33:01.160 -> 33:02.920] Now he's, he's in a DS car.
[33:03.920 -> 33:10.500] I, so yesterday I think there was this moment where it was 5 and 6 was Russell and Hamilton.
[33:10.500 -> 33:13.700] And I was like, please no team orders. Please no team order.
[33:13.700 -> 33:15.500] Because they would have done that, I guess.
[33:15.500 -> 33:20.500] You think so? Even though Hamilton was on 40-lap-old tyres.
[33:20.500 -> 33:26.320] Yeah, but he's the minter there, there. Right. So they got to do a thing for Hamilton.
[33:26.440 -> 33:31.040] Damn. Like, I didn't really like, I haven't really thought about that because
[33:31.040 -> 33:33.480] it's just been Ferrari at the front, but yeah.
[33:33.480 -> 33:38.240] Like if Mercedes figure their car out, team orders are going to play really
[33:38.240 -> 33:41.960] soon. Cause like, they're going to try and push Hamilton for his eighth title.
[33:42.760 -> 33:49.280] And then it's going to get really interesting. Okay Okay since we're talking about team orders okay I think we really
[33:49.280 -> 33:56.160] need to address this. Pretty much all the drivers were ordered to race right?
[33:56.160 -> 34:05.400] Ordered to race? I'm curious on where this is going. Ordered by the Saudi government. No, sorry. No, sorry. Team principles. Sorry. Wait. Yeah. Yeah. Wink, wink, wink.
[34:05.400 -> 34:06.400] Wink, wink.
[34:06.400 -> 34:10.200] Man, what was happening?
[34:10.200 -> 34:14.800] I'm like, there is, it's not even someone playing a sound of a bomb or like,
[34:14.800 -> 34:18.700] you know, maybe a short circuit caught fire and Aramco is going on fire.
[34:18.700 -> 34:21.100] It was literally a missile blast.
[34:23.200 -> 34:27.280] I think Verstappen said, we will comment on this later.
[34:27.280 -> 34:30.320] Even Hamilton is like, I just want to go home.
[34:30.320 -> 34:34.400] And that like makes me think about like what a precarious position they're in.
[34:34.400 -> 34:39.840] Like they can't put a foot wrong while they are in the country because you know, like
[34:39.840 -> 34:44.280] I read comments saying like it is entirely within the realm of possibility that if they
[34:44.280 -> 34:47.000] refuse to race, they won't be allowed to leave.
[34:47.000 -> 34:48.000] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[34:48.000 -> 34:49.000] Like, yeah, right.
[34:49.000 -> 34:50.000] Like, wow.
[34:50.000 -> 34:51.000] Yep.
[34:51.000 -> 34:54.840] There was a BBC report on the on this as well.
[34:54.840 -> 35:00.200] I think, I mean, it was not a direct threat, but I mean, of course, it was not a direct
[35:00.200 -> 35:01.200] threat.
[35:01.200 -> 35:09.360] But basically what they were threatening was they are not gonna allow them to leave with all their equipment which is of course just as important to
[35:09.360 -> 35:15.520] them or rather more probably. But yeah. I feel like there's gonna be a lot of
[35:15.520 -> 35:20.480] outpour now once everybody leaves the country safely. We'll see what like
[35:20.480 -> 35:28.240] everybody actually thinks. But yeah. What do you say? There was a possibility that there could have been fireworks yesterday on both sides
[35:28.240 -> 35:32.140] yesterday it was only on the water side with the actual fireworks but who knows
[35:32.140 -> 35:39.720] what's going on in the background. Wasn't there a lot of fireworks like it just went on for like 10 minutes you know like the stream
[35:39.720 -> 35:47.320] got over and I'm like wait are to play anything else? I just kept watching. It's like when you're in a Marvel movie or something, you're like,
[35:47.600 -> 35:50.160] end credits is there, right?
[35:50.160 -> 35:53.000] Watching like you're looking out for Indians like, oh, yeah.
[35:54.080 -> 35:56.520] There's just a lot of fireworks.
[35:57.040 -> 35:59.320] I think I think they had packed in a firework.
[35:59.320 -> 36:03.000] So just in case any missiles come by, just shoot them off to confuse them.
[36:03.600 -> 36:05.840] Yes, that's what it was. I see.
[36:05.840 -> 36:09.560] Keep pointing up guys.
[36:09.560 -> 36:14.680] And I feel like all the other actual Saudi folks were probably on that cruise ship.
[36:14.680 -> 36:18.600] There was a random cruise ship parked in front of the water.
[36:18.600 -> 36:21.000] The Miqshu Maka cruise ship. It said MSC.
[36:21.000 -> 36:22.240] Yes, the Miqshu Maka.
[36:22.240 -> 36:26.240] That's what he's coming on?
[36:31.200 -> 36:37.240] Who did last contact overnight that he got a fucking cruise ship to replace his car?
[36:40.480 -> 36:40.520] I just so want this track to not be there.
[36:48.080 -> 36:51.000] I think Vastapan probably also commented on this, that this track should not exist. Right. I mean, not for anyone, not even for bicycle racing, this track just should not exist.
[36:51.960 -> 36:55.800] Yeah. No, man. Like that's so true. Just think about a mixed crash,
[36:55.840 -> 36:56.840] how bad it was.
[36:56.880 -> 37:00.560] And think about if that happened during the race when they were battling it out
[37:00.560 -> 37:04.520] the way they, most people were like anybody who was like half a second behind
[37:04.520 -> 37:06.440] him would just t-bone into him.
[37:06.440 -> 37:10.780] And I can't even imagine what we might like have a body count at the end of the
[37:10.780 -> 37:11.040] race.
[37:11.040 -> 37:13.560] This could have been like an end to end repeat actually.
[37:13.920 -> 37:14.960] Yeah, exactly.
[37:15.020 -> 37:15.880] It was very bad.
[37:16.320 -> 37:20.920] And we already got glimpses of this, um, last year, you know, like it didn't seem
[37:20.920 -> 37:25.680] like it was a very safe track to begin with, like a super fast circuit.
[37:25.680 -> 37:30.240] And I think they made some minor changes to the layout this year.
[37:30.240 -> 37:30.480] Right.
[37:31.200 -> 37:36.560] So like, I think they pushed the barrier where Max hit in the qualification.
[37:38.560 -> 37:39.760] Just nudged it a little bit.
[37:42.000 -> 37:44.080] But yeah, it's still seems like a dangerous.
[37:45.240 -> 37:46.560] Yeah. Conc concrete barrier.
[37:46.600 -> 37:48.880] There's not even like a spring padding or something.
[37:48.880 -> 37:50.440] It's just wall.
[37:50.920 -> 37:52.520] Like whatever, wall.
[37:55.800 -> 37:56.320] Huh.
[37:57.040 -> 37:58.040] Anyways, anyways.
[37:58.040 -> 37:58.320] Yeah.
[37:58.640 -> 38:00.280] But it's, it's kind of sad though.
[38:00.280 -> 38:06.320] Like, you know, I, I feel bad that the sport is on one hand really improving, the racing is improving,
[38:07.360 -> 38:12.240] the actions, the inclusiveness and everything that F1 is trying to bring into the sport.
[38:12.240 -> 38:17.200] I mean, I'm happy to see that. I'm happy to see that they're bringing in cost caps and everything,
[38:17.200 -> 38:30.320] thus, kind of reducing the influence of money that's required in the sport. And at the same time, you see this where, you know, they are racing at such tracks where, which are not, you know, safe at all.
[38:30.960 -> 38:38.760] And, you know, as Hamilton said, Cash is King has become pretty much like the motto for F1, I guess, at this point, certainly.
[38:39.280 -> 38:52.240] I don't know how many people sort of know this or remember this or what, but like, the only fight I think F1 has put up against the Saudi GP is not having to wear uniforms, so to say, right?
[38:52.240 -> 38:54.640] Because last year, they were going to do that.
[38:54.640 -> 39:02.120] There was a chance. They were going to be forced to wear, I don't know what the official name for that dress is.
[39:02.120 -> 39:03.920] But yeah.
[39:03.920 -> 39:05.360] They had earlier, I dresses, but yeah.
[39:07.200 -> 39:09.600] Yeah. They had earlier, I think posted some rules, but then they scrapped those and I think they were not,
[39:09.600 -> 39:12.680] people weren't allowed to wear shorts and things like that.
[39:12.720 -> 39:14.560] They had like a dress code and stuff.
[39:14.560 -> 39:18.000] That would have been a strange, strange site, man.
[39:18.560 -> 39:19.400] Yeah.
[39:20.240 -> 39:21.280] Imagine that,
[39:21.400 -> 39:27.000] imagine that and take your mind back to yesterday's TV directors cutting
[39:27.000 -> 39:28.000] to this guy.
[39:28.000 -> 39:29.000] Oh, that's why they were showing that.
[39:29.000 -> 39:30.000] Now I get it.
[39:30.000 -> 39:31.000] Yes, rebellion at play.
[39:31.000 -> 39:48.320] Yeah, I think you guys are talking about the moment where it was Max overtaking Charles,
[39:48.320 -> 39:49.320] right?
[39:49.320 -> 39:50.320] Yes.
[39:50.320 -> 39:52.840] And there was a dude trying to eat a lady.
[39:52.840 -> 39:57.920] I don't know what he was doing, but he was picking up like I pick my niece up sometimes
[39:57.920 -> 40:00.680] when she's in tears.
[40:00.680 -> 40:03.360] It reminded me the start of Lion King.
[40:03.360 -> 40:04.680] Oh man.
[40:04.680 -> 40:06.200] Oh, that's something for sure. It reminded me the start of Lion King.
[40:06.860 -> 40:07.500] Oh man.
[40:09.120 -> 40:09.460] Oh, that's a mean for sure.
[40:15.080 -> 40:18.920] I hope that already, but like what I thought that was, was that this guy was a diehard Red Bull fan because even the lady was in a Red Bull t-shirt and he was
[40:18.920 -> 40:22.520] getting ready to Chuck Charles's way.
[40:22.740 -> 40:29.640] If Max didn't make the overtake stick and yeah yeah, he made it land and he was just putting her down.
[40:29.640 -> 40:33.440] Yes, exactly.
[40:33.440 -> 40:35.000] He is not going to chuck her.
[40:35.000 -> 40:39.040] Then he went back to the action, which is good for us.
[40:39.040 -> 40:44.040] They did do something similar though, right, Sarang?
[40:44.040 -> 40:46.960] You were saying this. They did something similar in the quality too. Or wait? Sarang, you were saying this. They did something similar in the quali too.
[40:46.960 -> 40:48.320] Or wait, Shayan, you were saying this.
[40:48.320 -> 40:55.960] Yeah, no, they did. When Hamilton failed to make Q2, there was this random lady.
[40:55.960 -> 41:00.120] She was just standing up and she was like, but everybody around her was celebrating.
[41:00.120 -> 41:03.600] And then, I just realized that she is on camera.
[41:03.600 -> 41:05.760] And then, she also kind of started
[41:05.760 -> 41:06.760] celebrating.
[41:06.760 -> 41:17.680] I have to, I'll have to look at the data on that one, but yeah, it might be the directors.
[41:17.680 -> 41:21.560] I don't know what, what were they smoking up on because they were literally cutting
[41:21.560 -> 41:25.160] to some replays that happened like 30 seconds ago while there
[41:25.160 -> 41:26.440] is action going on in the track.
[41:26.440 -> 41:29.120] Like, I'm like, wait, let me at least watch what is going on right now.
[41:29.120 -> 41:31.280] You're going to show that and replay another time.
[41:31.280 -> 41:36.080] Even though, I don't remember who it was, but one of the commentators actually called
[41:36.080 -> 41:37.080] them out on that.
[41:37.080 -> 41:40.960] They were like, we'll have to go back to the live feed now guys, because that's what we
[41:40.960 -> 41:42.800] need to see or something of that sort.
[41:42.800 -> 41:43.800] Yeah.
[41:43.800 -> 41:47.080] Like damn, they're really like like they're really lacking here it's there was an issue
[41:47.080 -> 41:53.440] last year also I think and yeah they have to fix that first the graphics and
[41:53.440 -> 41:59.640] now this is becoming an issue but like they did they did make a lot of tweaks
[41:59.640 -> 42:04.960] to the graphics this time so so Shayan there's there is a running theory okay
[42:04.960 -> 42:05.520] there is a running theory okay there is a running
[42:05.520 -> 42:09.940] theory that someone at f1 is listening to us and we say this because like right
[42:09.940 -> 42:17.660] now I mean right now someone know because we've made some comments and
[42:17.660 -> 42:22.420] we've seen those come through and I'm really there is there is something
[42:22.420 -> 42:27.500] happening okay so so you have to test this theory dude.
[42:27.500 -> 42:29.500] We have to make some absurd prediction.
[42:29.500 -> 42:37.000] And if it happens in the next 2 or 3 races, shout out to Tiffano.
[42:37.000 -> 42:39.000] Why don't you come join us?
[42:39.000 -> 42:47.160] So, what's the most absurd prediction we can have or suggestion?
[42:47.160 -> 42:54.560] So one we've got going for us was we said like don't show us race start replays on lap
[42:54.560 -> 42:56.560] 2 because that's just started.
[42:56.560 -> 43:01.320] But at least have like a picture in picture and we've sort of seen some picture in picture
[43:01.320 -> 43:03.920] sort of live versus replay.
[43:03.920 -> 43:08.800] So that's happening Monac obviously is just infamous for
[43:08.800 -> 43:18.320] strolling us that's also changed over time so let's let's send out one one
[43:18.320 -> 43:25.840] feedback to f1 at this make f1 TV Pro available in India. Nice one.
[43:25.840 -> 43:30.640] I am going to wait till the Australian GP.
[43:30.640 -> 43:32.640] Good guess.
[43:32.640 -> 43:34.640] So the F1 guy,
[43:34.640 -> 43:37.520] you heard Shan and get to it.
[43:37.520 -> 43:39.520] Please. Stefano.
[43:39.520 -> 43:44.800] That's nice. It feels good to know that I am being heard.
[43:44.800 -> 43:51.380] Good feeling man. That's nice. It feels good to know that I am being heard. Well, we talked about everything.
[43:51.380 -> 43:53.920] But one thing we need to talk about, man.
[43:53.920 -> 43:57.780] Gunter Steiner, he is ready to do what for two points?
[43:57.780 -> 43:58.840] Oh, yeah.
[43:58.840 -> 44:02.380] Man, that post-match or whenever he said that, right?
[44:02.380 -> 44:07.960] And I quote him, he is like, I would f** fuck the whole paddock just to get two points last season.
[44:07.960 -> 44:12.320] I still can't believe he said that.
[44:12.320 -> 44:16.680] Like, I think, you know, okay.
[44:16.680 -> 44:18.520] Again, I have one amazing suggestion.
[44:18.520 -> 44:22.960] Just put a hot mic on Gunter Steiner 24-7 and make a show out of it.
[44:22.960 -> 44:24.680] F1 you will earn a lot.
[44:24.680 -> 44:30.800] That's the feed we need. I just listen to Gunter for the whole race.
[44:30.800 -> 44:35.200] I don't care. For sure. That's great.
[44:35.200 -> 44:38.800] Gunter for commentary dude. That would be fun.
[44:38.800 -> 44:46.800] Eventually, once he stops being a team principal, I feel like that's a role he would really thrive in.
[44:46.800 -> 44:51.280] Fun race overall.
[44:51.280 -> 44:55.280] Sarang and Chayan, I know you guys were talking about this.
[44:55.280 -> 45:00.880] Zhao's helmet, right? Zhao's helmet is stellar as well.
[45:00.880 -> 45:07.320] That kid has so much drip like even what he was wearing to like I think
[45:07.320 -> 45:12.440] the I think it was a pre-race conference but he had like I don't know I think he had a
[45:12.440 -> 45:17.880] cool animal on his shirt. Yeah that white shirt. Yeah yeah yeah.
[45:17.880 -> 45:26.940] F1 drivers don't like doing animal prints enough. Uh, honestly it's just Hamilton, but now like he's got, he's got a
[45:27.420 -> 45:29.720] passion counterpart, which is very cool to see.
[45:29.720 -> 45:33.840] And I really hope like some of these younger drivers just start expressing
[45:33.840 -> 45:37.580] themselves more in terms of, you know, like whatever they can, you know, like,
[45:37.740 -> 45:41.660] I know like you have to be a team colors most of the times, but yeah.
[45:42.340 -> 45:43.760] Come in with some swag, dude.
[45:44.100 -> 45:45.600] Look what that's right. Juan you go.
[45:48.000 -> 45:48.800] Juan you Joe.
[45:49.840 -> 45:51.200] Shout out Mr. Joe.
[45:51.200 -> 45:54.160] We'll get it by the last race 23 I guess.
[45:55.440 -> 45:57.600] Yeah yeah I'm sure.
[45:57.600 -> 46:04.480] But contrary to the photo of Jao there was this photo of Vastapan coming in in his you know
[46:04.480 -> 46:07.140] standard uniform that he comes in, that's his Red Bull shirt
[46:07.140 -> 46:07.840] at the cap.
[46:08.200 -> 46:11.740] And he had like a backpack at literally looked some college kid was
[46:11.740 -> 46:13.440] doing for his next lecture.
[46:14.700 -> 46:16.340] Oh, by the way, do you guys know about this?
[46:16.340 -> 46:20.840] Uh, like the hat shape theory that, uh, Oh yeah.
[46:20.840 -> 46:24.040] Like the flat top and like every day.
[46:25.600 -> 46:26.800] Yeah. Oh yeah, I like the flat top and like every time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think it was something.
[46:26.800 -> 46:31.000] So basically like Verstappen and Perez both have like the Red Bull
[46:31.000 -> 46:34.100] hats, but Verstappen has a flat brim one.
[46:34.100 -> 46:34.800] Okay.
[46:34.800 -> 46:37.800] And like Perez's is like a curve.
[46:37.800 -> 46:39.900] I haven't really like yours.
[46:39.900 -> 46:40.700] I swear to God.
[46:40.700 -> 46:43.300] I've not been paying attention to the hats this much, but I just
[46:43.300 -> 46:46.980] read something that like every time Ver happen, where's that hat?
[46:46.980 -> 46:48.880] He loses the race.
[46:49.440 -> 46:54.580] Oh, but apparently I'm like, I'm 99% sure this is satire,
[46:54.900 -> 46:58.300] but someone commented on that saying just FYI,
[46:58.300 -> 47:02.040] he had the flat top hat at Abu Dhabi last year also.
[47:04.000 -> 47:06.720] But through the course of the race, Christian Horner
[47:06.720 -> 47:13.280] bent it out of stress and that is why he won. That is the reason worst happened WDC 2021.
[47:14.480 -> 47:18.320] But he bucked the trend last night because he was wearing a flat top and he still won the race.
[47:18.320 -> 47:23.760] Yeah, good on him. Yeah, that's true. That's one tradition that is not gonna come through.
[47:24.000 -> 47:27.000] That's one tradition that is not gonna come true. I have to ask you this.
[47:27.000 -> 47:30.000] I call this the Rossberg curse.
[47:30.000 -> 47:34.000] Because ever since Rossberg quit, whoever has won the first race of the season
[47:34.000 -> 47:38.000] I think has come second every season.
[47:38.000 -> 47:40.000] Am I right or am I wrong?
[47:40.000 -> 47:41.000] Sorry, can you repeat that?
[47:41.000 -> 47:46.240] Whoever wins the first race of the season comes in second in WDC.
[47:46.240 -> 47:47.040] Is that right?
[47:47.040 -> 47:49.000] There is something like that.
[47:49.000 -> 47:49.440] There is.
[47:49.440 -> 47:52.200] I don't know second, but there is some meat to it because I remember
[47:52.200 -> 47:53.120] like folks.
[47:53.120 -> 47:55.000] So Botas, right?
[47:55.000 -> 47:55.440] Like who?
[47:55.440 -> 47:59.440] I think he won Australian GP 2019 or yeah, 2019.
[47:59.440 -> 48:00.800] 2020 wasn't there.
[48:00.800 -> 48:03.960] And he went to whomsoever this may concern.
[48:03.960 -> 48:04.560] Fuck you.
[48:04.560 -> 48:08.860] And then post that, I think he never won.
[48:08.860 -> 48:12.860] Who won the first race in 2020?
[48:12.860 -> 48:17.860] 2020 was like it started half... maybe yeah it was Bottas.
[48:17.860 -> 48:21.860] Actually no that was Bottas 2.0.
[48:21.860 -> 48:22.860] I haven't tried.
[48:22.860 -> 48:23.860] Or Bottas 3.0.
[48:23.860 -> 48:24.860] Yeah it was Bottas.
[48:24.860 -> 48:25.000] Now it's Bottas 5.0 at this this season as it right here. Or Botas 3.0. Yeah, it was Botas. Now it's Botas 5.0.
[48:25.000 -> 48:26.000] This season is what?
[48:26.000 -> 48:27.000] I don't know.
[48:27.000 -> 48:28.000] I forgot.
[48:28.000 -> 48:29.000] At least 4.5.
[48:29.000 -> 48:34.000] I don't know if it's like a full update.
[48:34.000 -> 48:35.000] Exactly.
[48:35.000 -> 48:36.000] Some features are different.
[48:36.000 -> 48:41.000] I think a bit of a downgrade and an upgrade.
[48:41.000 -> 48:42.000] Yeah, yeah.
[48:42.000 -> 48:44.000] Maybe there is some meat to it.
[48:44.000 -> 48:48.860] So maybe Leclerc is not going to go ahead and win the WDC.
[48:48.860 -> 48:53.600] Science for WDC 22 confirmed. You heard it here folks.
[48:53.600 -> 48:55.100] No dude. Go Tiffy.
[48:55.100 -> 49:00.520] I am just manifesting. Oh my God. So, they are going to do reverse split or what?
[49:00.520 -> 49:02.020] Yup.
[49:02.020 -> 49:09.000] When is the first sprint race this season? Do you guys know which ones?
[49:09.000 -> 49:17.000] No, it's not the ones that were last year is what I know. It's a different set. It's a different three set this time.
[49:17.000 -> 49:25.280] I'm just kind of like excited for sprint races because this seems like Danny Rick does better there for some reason.
[49:25.280 -> 49:25.880] He does.
[49:26.720 -> 49:30.200] I think this time it's going to be Imola, Austria and Brazil.
[49:31.000 -> 49:31.480] Okay.
[49:31.800 -> 49:32.240] Then they haven't.
[49:32.240 -> 49:36.720] But every time they've had sprint, every time they've had sprint, Max has crashed.
[49:37.360 -> 49:41.240] So really, is that like every race?
[49:41.640 -> 49:47.680] Silverstone, Silverstone, Imola, Monza.
[49:47.680 -> 49:53.760] And then Brazil. He didn't crash in Brazil but some shit went down last year.
[49:53.760 -> 50:00.880] Last year, this guy went insane. Hamilton went insane in Brazil.
[50:00.880 -> 50:09.560] Tore through the field I guess pretty much. 25 overtakes. Do you guys feel like there will be like a moment like for Hamilton last season that
[50:09.560 -> 50:15.160] came like super late like with just like 4 or 5 races left but yeah he is clearly like
[50:15.160 -> 50:20.840] on the back foot this season and there is I just feel like there is going to be a point
[50:20.840 -> 50:25.600] at which Mercedes figure it out, Hamilton makes a charge and I don't know if it's gonna
[50:25.600 -> 50:29.780] be enough to get him back to the top but I feel like it's gonna be there.
[50:29.780 -> 50:34.020] But do you guys see it happening anytime soon or do you feel like it will be really late
[50:34.020 -> 50:36.060] into the season?
[50:36.060 -> 50:37.060] I don't.
[50:37.060 -> 50:39.400] And here's my theory.
[50:39.400 -> 50:47.200] Helmut Marko actually yesterday said that while the fighters with Ferrari, they don't see it hanging for
[50:47.200 -> 50:51.900] a long time because they do expect upgrades on the Red Bull. And while Mercedes is going
[50:51.900 -> 50:56.660] to make their upgrades, I think Ferrari, maybe not, but like maybe these guys are also going
[50:56.660 -> 51:03.940] to keep making upgrades. The only incentive maybe Ferrari has is, maybe this is the last
[51:03.940 -> 51:05.080] season Hamilton races
[51:05.080 -> 51:10.560] because he's also again 37 turning 38 and they want to get that eighth driver
[51:10.560 -> 51:14.120] championship for him so maybe they go all out but then again budget
[51:14.120 -> 51:21.640] restrictions this season also prevent major upgrades for these teams so it is
[51:21.640 -> 51:25.520] gonna be interesting. Though I think, you know, even I,
[51:25.520 -> 51:29.280] I don't have a lot of faith in Mercedes and everything, but I have,
[51:29.320 -> 51:32.400] I do have faith in Hamilton, very honestly. I mean, he's nothing,
[51:32.400 -> 51:35.760] if not persistent. And, you know,
[51:35.760 -> 51:39.640] I'm sure that there are going to be races where, of course,
[51:39.640 -> 51:41.000] Max is behaving right now,
[51:41.000 -> 51:45.480] but I'm sure they are going to crash sometime in the future and
[51:45.480 -> 51:47.860] Hamilton will be there to pick up the pieces.
[51:47.860 -> 51:50.760] So yeah, I'm sure he's going to capitalize on that.
[51:50.760 -> 51:51.760] Yeah.
[51:51.760 -> 51:54.160] It's, it started off like being very friendly with Hamilton.
[51:54.160 -> 51:57.640] Sorry, not Hamilton, Lickler and Verstappen.
[51:57.640 -> 52:03.760] Even last night it was like nice and like sportsmanlike, but they've had incidents for
[52:03.760 -> 52:07.000] a long time if you know what I'm talking about
[52:07.000 -> 52:10.000] so it's gonna happen again.
[52:10.000 -> 52:11.000] That's true.
[52:11.000 -> 52:15.440] A few people on the track that get PTSD every time they overtake each other is like I think
[52:15.440 -> 52:18.440] Albon and Hamilton, Leclerc and Max.
[52:18.440 -> 52:22.560] It's like anytime those two cars are neck to each other they are like wait wait wait
[52:22.560 -> 52:23.560] wait.
[52:23.560 -> 52:27.360] So far they've kept it clean let's see
[52:28.480 -> 52:32.960] i don't know i've never i don't know has there ever been like you guys i'm sure like i've watched
[52:33.600 -> 52:36.880] a lot more seasons than i have but has there ever been a season where like
[52:37.520 -> 52:42.880] two drivers were fighting for the championship started off friendly and they ended friendly
[52:42.880 -> 52:45.920] also you probably have to go back to like nineties or something, you know,
[52:45.920 -> 52:47.760] like maybe
[52:49.520 -> 52:53.640] teammates, maybe romance between science
[52:54.000 -> 52:57.000] but like competitors, no, I don't think like, yeah,
[52:57.000 -> 52:59.600] I didn't think for the championship, the championship. Yeah.
[52:59.800 -> 53:00.720] I didn't think for the champions.
[53:00.720 -> 53:01.240] It's been a while.
[53:01.240 -> 53:05.440] I think there was one season when Schumacher and who was his second guy?
[53:07.040 -> 53:14.480] Masa, I think. No, I think there was some season when they were at some point like
[53:15.840 -> 53:28.640] competing for the champion but still not through the season so it's still not valid. But basically basically is just we know how this is gonna end. Yeah, yeah, we certainly do. I mean we have we
[53:28.640 -> 53:35.120] have the proof of Austria 2019 I guess right? Oh yes yeah. I remember Austria 2019, I forgot.
[53:35.760 -> 53:41.440] I wasn't watching that. Or was it 2020? I don't recall anyways but basically Max and Charles
[53:41.440 -> 53:50.400] crashed. Oh okay. I have to watch that race. Incidents. They've been having incidents for many many years now.
[53:50.400 -> 54:00.600] Nothing. It was just an incident. Was that way too many times man? Well, I think like this was a good
[54:00.600 -> 54:05.280] weekend. I for one had fun. Thank you, Shayan, for joining us.
[54:05.280 -> 54:08.160] This is thanks for having me, man. I'm so glad to be here.
[54:08.960 -> 54:10.000] Nico style. Yeah.
[54:13.280 -> 54:17.600] Sarang, Shayan, first off to you, Sarang, last thoughts before we close this out.
[54:19.040 -> 54:28.240] Yeah, I mean, I think we are here. 2022 has achieved what they were hoping to achieve. We have close racing, we have
[54:28.960 -> 54:34.880] fierce competition at this, not just at the front, everywhere, very honestly. And I think we are in
[54:34.880 -> 54:40.720] for an amazing season. I mean, very honestly, in the last, like while we were watching the last
[54:40.720 -> 54:50.080] season, I thought that, okay, this is where F1 peaks and it's probably going to be downhill from here but man I'm proven wrong and I'm happy to be proven wrong. Yeah honestly
[54:50.080 -> 54:56.800] surprised and I totally agree with what you said and I think also like this is just the beginning
[54:56.800 -> 55:01.600] because there have been teams which have made like drastic improvements from race one to race two and
[55:01.600 -> 55:05.000] I think that's only going to keep happening. Mercs going to keep getting better.
[55:05.000 -> 55:08.360] All the midfield cars are hopefully going to come closer to the front.
[55:08.360 -> 55:11.800] So maybe it's just going to get more and more, you know, like
[55:11.840 -> 55:13.040] interesting and exciting.
[55:13.040 -> 55:17.260] And what I want to see is just like a lot of different race winners this
[55:17.260 -> 55:18.800] year, first time race winners.
[55:19.320 -> 55:23.920] And, uh, yeah, at least one Carlos win dude.
[55:24.000 -> 55:26.000] That's all I want.
[55:26.000 -> 55:28.000] A Carlos win where it is celebrated.
[55:28.000 -> 55:34.000] Yeah, that is the focus of the day. We are not talking about anything else.
[55:34.000 -> 55:36.000] True, true.
[55:36.000 -> 55:38.000] That might be a bit too much to ask for.
[55:38.000 -> 55:40.000] It's coming.
[55:40.000 -> 55:42.000] What about you Akash?
[55:42.000 -> 55:45.440] Well, I think it's going to be interesting in the close racing part.
[55:45.440 -> 55:49.800] What I find very fascinating is there's so much happening on that track.
[55:50.000 -> 55:55.560] The top 10 racers are like a mix of almost all teams,
[55:55.560 -> 55:58.440] except like Aston Martin and Williams, who are still figuring it out.
[55:59.200 -> 56:03.000] But there's everyone in that mix in the top 10, which is fun to watch.
[56:03.320 -> 56:06.760] And it's great where the cameraman
[56:06.760 -> 56:10.760] needs to figure like what battle do I show because there's so much happening on that
[56:10.760 -> 56:11.760] track.
[56:11.760 -> 56:12.760] That's a good problem to have.
[56:12.760 -> 56:13.760] Yes, yes.
[56:13.760 -> 56:14.760] It's going to be fun.
[56:14.760 -> 56:19.440] Folks, until the next episode, this was fun.
[56:19.440 -> 56:21.000] Go check out Shayan Roy.
[56:21.000 -> 56:22.000] That's S-H-A-N-A-N-N.
[56:22.000 -> 56:23.000] No, sorry, Shayan.
[56:23.000 -> 56:24.000] Why don't you take it over?
[56:24.000 -> 56:26.980] Plug whatever it is to you and close it up. Shayan Roy that's S-H-A-N-A-N-N no sorry Shayan why don't you take it over plug
[56:26.980 -> 56:31.660] whatever it is to you and close it out. Follow me on Instagram guys
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[56:40.660 -> 56:46.000] you guys are already following yeah ask others to follow. Fun fanfiction.
[56:46.000 -> 56:48.000] Yeah.
[56:48.000 -> 56:50.000] It's been awesome fun you guys.
[56:50.000 -> 56:52.000] Thanks so much for having me.
[56:52.000 -> 56:56.000] Looking forward to many more races and many more conversations with you guys.
[56:56.000 -> 56:58.000] Awesome man.
[56:58.000 -> 57:00.000] Looking forward here as well.
[57:00.000 -> 57:02.000] Bye-bye.
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